Our Review
Well, where to begin with Eclectic Chameleon? At this moment, I am undergoing sonic bombardment by O Little Town of Bethlehem, a sentence I never could have imagined I might write. C. A. Lind is quite comfortable pummeling the listener with shocking rhythms, followed immediately by a gentle massage in the next verse. He plays that all-in-one instrument called computer, which gives him the freedom to compose and arrange such sleight of hand. Of course, real hands could not even begin to play some of the mathematically complex rhythms Mr. Lind is able to realize here.
To say I am impressed would understate by an exponent. I want to avoid obvious comparisons to other synthetic arrangers, but at the moment Lind's arrangements sound like M******* S********** squared. Cubed.
The complex rhythms are the overarching principle holding this work together, but these rhythms are woven into the music in ways that make it easy to see how Mr. Lind goes by the nom de synthe of Eclectic Chameleon. Able to weave dozens of instruments into his fabric, this is a multi-layered coat of many colors.
I have never heard anything quite like Three Carols Went a Fuguing, a clever interweaving of three well-known carols.
At sixty-five minutes, and following on the heels of Lind's other holiday record, Christmas from Tomorrow, this record bespeaks a bright future for festive electric soundscape.
--Richard Banks
(Reviewed in 1998)
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Eclectic Chameleon
A Joyous Christmas
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Label: Brioso
Length: 65 minutes
Genre: Electronic
Release: 1995
Track List
| Song Title |
|---|
| Deck the Halls |
| Jolly Old St. Nick |
| Silent Night, Version One |
| Carol of the Bells |
| Still Still |
| O Little Town of Bethlehem |
| The Holly and the Ivy |
| Silent Night, Version Two |
| Watchman Tell Us of the Night |
| Three Carols Went a Fuguing |
| The Twelve Days of Christmas |